The BEST episodes of Bizarre Foods America
Every episode of Bizarre Foods America ever, ranked from best to worst by thousands of votes from fans of the show. The best episodes of Bizarre Foods America!
The continuation of "Bizarre Foods'' finds Andrew Zimmern keeping his passport at home, as the chef and writer embarks on a culinary exploration of the great U, S of A. From traditional foods passed down through generations to modern eats whose roots are purely American, the United States is home to a smorgasbord of bizarre foods and equally extraordinary stories associated with them. So who best to taste and tell than Andrew, the man who lives by the motto "If it looks good, eat it''? The cultural cuisine master has done plenty of that throughout the history of "Bizarre Foods,'' with the "America'' incarnation including a celebration of the series' 100th episode.
#1 - New Orleans
Season 1 - Episode 2 - Aired 1/30/2012
In New Orleans, Andrew Zimmern samples Cajun comfort foods, like stuffed pig stomach, and classic Creole cuisine, including smoked raccoon.
#2 - Twin Cities
Season 1 - Episode 1 - Aired 1/23/2012
Host Andrew Zimmern begins his exploration of America's most unusual foods in Minnesota's Twin Cities. Featured eats include deep-fried snapping turtle; an elk-and-wild-rice hot dish; brined-and-breaded duck testicles; and "meat glue."
#3 - Queens, N.Y.: World's Best Food Town
Season 4 - Episode 4 - Aired 7/22/2013
With a menu that includes a Tibetan soup with yak, a Pakistani dish with goat offal and a chicken blood pancake, Andrew finds that a trip to Queens, NY, is just as good as a trip around the globe!
#4 - The Blues Trail
Season 2 - Episode 7 - Aired 8/20/2012
Take a road trip down the Blues Trail, and stop along the way to take in the music and the food that make up the unique flavor of the Mississippi Delta, from Memphis, TN to Jackson, MS. Andrew samples Southern standbys and riffs on old favorites, like "redneck ramen" made with noodles and pigs ears.
#5 - San Diego
Season 2 - Episode 2 - Aired 7/16/2012
The host visits San Diego. He forages for food along the shore, attends a traditional Aztec barbecue and feeds sea lions at the San Diego Zoo. Featured eats include swordfish bone marrow; camel milk; and mashed lamb brains.
#6 - Las Vegas
Season 2 - Episode 1 - Aired 7/9/2012
Extreme eats in Las Vegas, including $750 cupcakes and a $5000 hamburger, are spotlighted in the Season 2 premiere. Also: a look at how a Bellagio buffet feeds 4000 people a day.
#7 - Detroit
Season 1 - Episode 5 - Aired 2/20/2012
Andrew Zimmern visits Detroit for a taste of iconic soul food, from short ribs to oxtails, and Arab-American eats, including lamb-brain sandwiches.
#8 - Seattle
Season 1 - Episode 3 - Aired 2/6/2012
Seattle's unconventional eats are explored. Stops include a farm, where the host tries cow placenta.
#9 - Houston: Blast & Cast
Season 4 - Episode 10 - Aired 9/2/2013
Global culture and Texas tradition create bold flavors in Houston, where Andrew eats steer head at a tailgate party, duck organs in dirty rice from a "blast and cast" and goat in the Gandhi District.
#10 - St. Louis: Pig Snouts & Paddlefish
Season 4 - Episode 9 - Aired 8/26/2013
Andrew wants you to meet him in St. Louis, as the song goes, and get a taste of this river city’s diverse neighborhoods, serving up iconic barbecue and rarer fare like pig snouts and paddlefish roe.
#11 - Louisville: Bourbon & Burgoo
Season 4 - Episode 7 - Aired 8/12/2013
Andrew finds the pioneer spirit still going strong in Louisville, KY, when he tastes its unique foods, like barbequed sheep meat, pork brain sandwiches and burgoo, a hunter's stew made with squirrel.
#12 - Rhode Island: Chowing Gaggers & Stuffies
Season 4 - Episode 6 - Aired 8/5/2013
Andrew visits Rhode Island, where local eats are a blend of old traditions and high-tech creations. From the beloved quahog to monkfish liver mousse, the food in this tiny state is packed with flavor.
#13 - Birmingham: The New South
Season 4 - Episode 5 - Aired 7/29/2013
There's more to Birmingham, AL, than barbecue and bread pudding. Here, Andrew discovers surprising Southern fare like bullfrog hearts with pea shoots and Greek grits that will make you slap your mama.
#14 - Hidden Los Angeles
Season 4 - Episode 1 - Aired 7/1/2013
Andrew learns that some of the best foods in Los Angeles are hiding in neighborhoods where outsiders rarely go! From pig head tamales in Watts to steamed chicken embryo in Long Beach, Andrew tastes it all.
#15 - Portland
Season 3 - Episode 10 - Aired 4/22/2013
Andrew Zimmern heads to Portland, OR, where free thinking foodies are pushing the limits when it comes to creating what to eat. He tries things like elk heart tartar, goose liver chocolates, and ice cream made from marrow.
#16 - Northern California
Season 3 - Episode 9 - Aired 4/15/2013
Andrew Zimmern visits Northern California where people are reinventing sustainable living, like hunting doves, to developing strange new flavors for jelly beans, to training sheep to eat weeds at local vineyards, people in this part of the country have a unique way of looking at how to get the food they eat.
#17 - Chicago's Cutting Edge
Season 3 - Episode 6 - Aired 3/18/2013
Chicago's cutting-edge food scene is explored by Andrew, who learns about a dish made with whale vomit and samples a charcuterie's duck-heart pâté. Also: a soup that smells like a dead body.
#18 - Iowa
Season 3 - Episode 3 - Aired 2/25/2013
Andrew finds out that there's a lot more than meat and potatoes on the table in Iowa. He discovers that Iowa's menu ranges from heritage pork brains with spring onion kimchi to a stew made with a whole sheep's head.
#19 - Washington D.C.
Season 3 - Episode 1 - Aired 2/11/2013
Andrew Zimmern visits Washington, DC, for Salvadoran favorites, food trucks that feed hordes of hungry federal workers, and takes a trip back into history to taste what our forefathers ate. Whether it's a blackened snakehead sandwich made in a boat on the Potomac, peanut butter paired with foie gras, or Scrapple at a neighborhood grill known for its soul food, DC is a place where historical favorites and new innovations come together to create a variety of unexpected tastes.
#20 - The Other Florida
Season 2 - Episode 8 - Aired 8/27/2012
Andrew explores Central Florida. He eats frog legs in the Everglades; hunts armadillos with native Floridians; and catches alligators with members of the Seminole Tribe.
#21 - Austin
Season 2 - Episode 6 - Aired 8/13/2012
There's a rich mix of tradition and innovation in Austin! From roasted pigeons (with the heads still on!) to grits mixed with duck innards, plus scrambled pig brains and bloody marys made with real pig blood, Andrew explores the foods that "Keep Austin Weird."
#22 - L.A. Pop Up
Season 2 - Episode 5 - Aired 8/6/2012
In Los Angeles, Andrew Zimmern plans a menu inspired by his world travels. He then shops for and prepares the meal, which includes pig-face bacon and sea-urchin aspic, and serves it to hungry diners at a pop-up restaurant.
#23 - New Mexico
Season 2 - Episode 4 - Aired 7/30/2012
The host visits New Mexico, where he hunts buffalo on horseback and roasts prairie dogs with members of a Pueblo tribe. Featured eats include sliced buffalo heart; menudo; blood pudding; and fried pig skin.
#24 - Miami
Season 2 - Episode 3 - Aired 7/23/2012
Andrew gets a taste of Miami's multicultural cuisine, from roasted pig brains to wreckfish cheeks.
#25 - Savannah
Season 1 - Episode 8 - Aired 3/12/2012
The host visits Savannah and enjoys a home-cooked Gullah meal on Daufuskie Island. He also goes hunting for marsh hens on the coast and dines in one of the city's finest restaurants with famed drag performer the Lady Chablis.